His obituary describes him as the “heart and soul” of his family’s Puritan Clothing of Cape Cod. Howard Penn will be remembered also as the heart and soul of Main Street, Hyannis and the annual Hyannis-Nantucket Figawi Race.

Penn, 80, passed away at his home March 17, 2012 after a long illness.

A funeral will be held March 19 at 9:30 a.m. at Cape Cod Synagogue on Winter Street in Hyannis. Burial will follow in Cotuit’s Mosswood Cemetery.

Memorial observances will be held March 19 and 20 at 7 p.m. at the home of Richard and Julie Penn, 555 Mistic Drive, Marstons Mills.